The Israeli rights group has released its findings for November 2023, which showed that Israel’s lethal open-fire policy in the West Bank led to the killing of 116 Palestinians, 25 of them under the age of 18.
Of the November casualties, 43 were killed when they threw stones, set off firecrackers or burned tyres, the group found. However, more than half of them – 23 – were not taking part in any clashes themselves, but only watching or passing by.
“One Palestinian was killed while harvesting olives, and a Palestinian minor was killed after throwing an empty bottle at a settlement gate,” the group said.
Another 51 November casualties were killed in exchanges of fire or immediately after, 31 of them in air raids – including three minors, one 12 and two 14 years old, and 28 armed operatives, B’Tselem said.
